Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.   

Jun 19   50000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   Jim Hines is recorded as becoming inaugural person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds.   

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91   

Jun 21   Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren steps down   

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post is recorded as becoming inaugural non-US and 1st rookie LPGA winner.   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 24   Resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43   

Jun 26   Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US   

Jun 27   In this year, Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies   

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers   

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66   

Jun 30   Gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections.   

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73.   

Jul 01   Dick Young, cricketer (England wicketkeeper v Aust 1907-08), dies   

Jul 01   John Lennon's inaugural full art exhibition (You are Here).   

Jul 01   US, Britain, USSR and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.   

Jul 02   Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74   

Jul 05   John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce.   

Jul 06   Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the inaugural OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam   

Jul 07   Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73   

Jul 07   Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband.   

Jul 09   39.83 cm (15.68") of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)   

Jul 09   Allyn Edwards host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53.   

Jul 09   John Indrisano actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62   

Jul 13   97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland.   

Jul 14   Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick   

Jul 14   Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76.   

Jul 14   Westbrook Van Voorhis announcer (March of Time), dies at 64.   

Jul 15   "One Life to Live" premieres on TV.   

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Jan 02   Cuba gooding jr: Actor (boyz n the hood, glaadiator, few good men)   

Jan 02   Scott mitchell: Nfl quarterback (detroit lions)   

Jan 02   Anky van grunsven: Dutch dressage champion   

Jan 02   Evan parke: Jamaican actor   

Jan 03   Kent carlsson: Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 03   Kerry huffman: Peterborough, nhl defenseman (phila flyers, ottawa)   

Jan 03   Shannon sturges: Actress (savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas rayam: Cfl offensive linebacker (edmonton eskimos)   

Jan 02   Sanoesi pane: Indonesian writer,   

Jan 04   Joseph pholien: Belgian pm (1950-52) communist fighter,    

Jan 05   Jean murat: Actor (on the riviera),    

Jan 06   Kurt baschwitz: Germ/dutch sociologist/journalist (heksen),    

Jan 07   Prof james smith: South african ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   Kokichi tsuburaya: Japanese marathoner (oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   Basil sydney: Actor (hamlet, simba),   

Jan 11   Isidor isaac rabi: American physicist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1898)